Tearing means for wrappers of cellophane and the like



June 21, 1938. QLSSQN 2,121,443

TEARING MEANS FOR WRAPPERS OF CELLOPHANE AND fHE LIKE Filed NOV. 9, 1937 3 Sheets-Sheet l Fiq, I Fiq. 6 5. T

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3 'INVENTQR BY A ATFORNEY n P tent'ed'Jonem, 193s I f I 2 12L443 r UNITED STATES [PATENT omen TEARING MEANS FOR -WRAPPERS OF GEL- ,LOPHANE AND THE LIKE Bruno OIsson, St. George, N. Y. Application November 9, 1937, Serlal No. 173,553

Claims; (01. 229-51) The object of the present invention is to pro- Figure 13 is a'view similar to Figure 12 showvide means for tearing away a top end section ing the window cover piece in position. of a wrapper enclosing cigarettes or other mate- Figure 14 is a viewsimilar to Figure 13, showrial so as to expose an opening through which ing by top plan view the completely formed the cigarettes or other articles may be removed. package. The object of the invention is to provide means Figure 15 is a modified form of the transparof such character adapted to tear through a ent cellulosic sheet broken away at' the center, plurality of folded plies of material which have having a window and a window'covering lip. such substantial resistance to the tearing ar- Figure ,16 is a top plan view of the sheet in m 'rangements known in the art as to create a folded position showing the covering of the, problem which is overcome by the present inven- Window. v

tion. Figure 17 is a top plan view of the completed The specific object of the invention will be depackaging using the structure of Figure 15.

, scribed with reference to the accompanying Referring to the drawings, lhave shown in drawings, in which- Figure 1 a fragment of a transparent cellulose 15 Figure 1 is a plan view of a section of cello- Wrapper C formed with an opening at 3,.which phane orother wrapping material, showing the is later to be applied to the package shown in. cutting of a window therein. partially folded form in Figure 6. In that figure Figure 2 is a plan view showing a window covthe folded sheet material of the package is inering. strip. dicated at O. P. It will customarily be formed 20 v Figure 3 is a plan view showing the applicaof two or more layers as, for example, foil and tion of, the covering strip on the window, the paper, and the position of the inner layer is boundaries of the latter being shown in dotted indicated a t w be noted that at the li top of the package is an upwardly extending Figure 4 is a plan view of one lateral section section ada d o be de inwardly d n 2 of a wrapping sheet prior to folding, certain lines downwardly o c v the ope p of t pa of'fold being shown creased and said section havon there 15 b ing applied thereto a tearing strip in angularly folded a tearmg Stnp R which may be of 661111 b t fbrmafion, losic or other material in the form of a tape or Figure 5 is a plan view of the tearing strip may be W 30 befqre folding or bending. The tearing strip is so folded as to have a pro- Figure 6 is a perspective view of the wrapper jectihg end which .cohtihues down to .poiht in-folded position about the box before the end- 1 (Figure g g t g i mher closing folds are formed prior to the application surface ah eh ex ends er down' r' int 8 where it is turned at right of the transparent cellulos1c sheet. wardly to the po d r angles and crosses the hnes of vertical fold at 9 enf cemil eiiii gifgg ggg h h and m, then extending to the point u where it Figure 8 is a plan view of the structure shown i a gz zi'gg f at T angles and term in Figure '7 after the application of the transwhen the main apper member or members parent Penuloslc but the wmdow hovermg are in position for folding down of the projected h i p f top section, the structure will be in the form Flghre 9 1S a Shhhar to Flghre showmg shown in Figure 6, and when that top area is the Wmdow Y f folded down the structure will be in accordance Figure 10 IS a schematic perspective view with that shown in Figure '7. showing the actionof the tearing means in re- At S I have shown a usual revenue stamp apmovmg the rectangular section from the top end plied .t cigarette packages It will be noted of the cig package- 7 that the projected end of the tape R lies ad- F g 11 is fragmentary p a V EW Showing jacent the revenue stamp, although in practice,

awrapper of transparent cellulosic material hava part of the tape may lie under the stamp 50 ing the central, section removed and having so that when it is pulled upwardly to tear out window c s at posite areas thereof. a rectangular opening in the wrapper, the stamp Figure 12 is a view showing the application of will be torn.

- the window by folding the transparent c'ellu- In the use of the transparent cellulose outer 5 losic sheet about a package. wrapping sheet, it may be applied simultaneously the inner wrapping sheet, or sheets, as own in Figure 6, and hence the projected end tape R will lie outwardly from the top edge the sheet and will project in the manner in Figure 8. Inasmuch as it is desired that the cellulosic material entirely enclose the This is done preferably before the package is formed and the revenue stamp will overlie a side margin of the cap I so that when itistornloose by thepulling of the tape thestamp will be torn (note Figure 9 wherein the left-hand margin of the cap 4 is shown under the stamp S). It will be noted that the tearing strip bounds the openihg 3 and therefore in the pull of the tape the'cellulose' offers minimum resistance against the tearing action, the cap 4 being readily pulled away by reason of the fact that its adhesive bond to the cellulose will offer less resistance than a corresponding integral area of cellulose sheet.

Although in Figure 1 I have shown the opening at 3 as stamped out of an inner area of the cellulose sheet, the opening may be formed by incut'sections at the ends of the sheet as shown in Figure 11. when the sheet is folded over in the manner shown in Figure 12, these incut areas will lie in register to form an opening and to receive a cap 4 identical with that shown in Figure2.

In the figures, the full line l6 indicates the overlying edge of the cellulosic sheet at the top of the package and II the underlying edge of the opposite margin of the folded sheet.

The further modification as shown in Figures 15 to 17 inclusive, eliminates the necessity for a separate cap 4. To this end, one margin of the cellulose sheet is cut away at It and the opposite edge is formed with a larger-semi-annular projection ll terminating at the points a and b which may be slight cuts into the body of the cellulose sheet. when the cellulose sheet is applied, the projection It will lie over and will cover the opening I5 and .the tape will readily tear the cellulosesheet at the sides of the projection ll, particularly in view of the small cuts at a and b.

In the drawings I have shown the opaque wrapper O. P. in full lines inasmuch as the cellulose outer covering will be transparent. In the various figures only the folded over edge ll of the cellulose sheet and the cap 4 have been shown in full lines.

It will be understood that various modifica-' tions may be made in the embodiments illustrated in the drawings without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:--- i 1. In window forming means for packages comprising an inner folded wrapper and an outer transparent cellulosic covering sheet, a tearing strip folded in rectangular formation to bound a corresponding portion at the inside of the upper folded laps of the inner wrapper, an end of the strip being projected outwardly from the package and an outermost wrapping sheet of transparent cellulosic material having an area cut away to form a window adjacent said rectangular formation of the strip, and a covering cap for said window.

2. In window forming means for packages comprising an inner folded wrapper and an outer transparent cellulosic covering sheet, a tearing strip folded in rectangular formation to bound a corresponding portion at the inside of the upper folded laps of the inner wrapper, an end of the strip being projected outwardly from the package and an outermost wrapping sheet of transparent cellulosic material'having an area cut away within its margin to form a window and a covering cap secured by adhesive to the area of the sheet at the sides of said cut away area, said cap lying over said rectangular formation of the strip.

3. In window forming means for packages comprising an inner folded wrapper and an outer transparent cellulosic covering sheet, a tearing strip folded in rectangular formation to bound a corresponding portion at the inside of the upper folded laps of the inner wrapper, an end of the strip being projected outwardly from the package and an outermost wrapping sheet of transparent cellulosic material having an area cut away to form a window adjacent said rectangular formation of the strip, a sealing stamp strip applied to the top of the wrapper, and a covering cap for the window having a marginal area projected under the sealing stamp strip.

4. Window forming means for packages constructed in accordance with claim 1, in which the window is formed by opposed cut away marginal areas of a sheet of transparent cellulosic material.

5. Window forming means for packages constructed in accordance with claim 1, in which the sheet of transparent cellulosic material is formed at one margin with a cut away area and is formed at the opposite margin with a projecting lip to form a covering cap for said cut away area when the sheet is in folded position 

